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REGISTER VAN WERELDBURGERS (RW) plaatselijk contactadres van het Registry of World Citizens

Bankrekening nummer : B-2540 Hove, February 2015 BE40 0001 1499 0163 Vredestraat 65

van het RW te Hove 00.32.(0)3.4557763 e-mail: verstraeten.jean@belgacom.net www.recim.org/cdm/wereldburgers.htm

Short contents of Overleven door Wereldrecht = Survival by World Law of February 2015

(Sorry for the dubious English.)

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A FEW CONSIDERATIONS OF A WAR RESISTER AND A WORLD FEDERALIST

In James Joyce’s Ulysses somebody says (translated from a translation) : “I consider history to be a

nightmare out of which I try to awake.”

Most certainly, persons inspired against war, including world federalists, think in a similar way.

Doing so, however, they ought not to forget that -like also the philosopher Karl Popper put forward-

attempts to create paradise on earth tend to bring about a hell.

Non-violent alternatives

Indeed, one should not expect heaven on earth to be possible. In that far one could even criticise

Gandhi where he stated (translated from a translation,) : “I am convinced that if my compatriots

conserve the spirit of non-violence to the extreme they will inaugurate a new era in the world. (See p.

77 in Edmond Privat’s book “Aux Indes avec Gandhi.”)

Certainly, the realisations of the Gandhian movement may be called wonderful. Nonetheless, the

principle of non-violent resistance could animate the whole of the Indian population only at the time of

the struggle for decolonisation. After that it hardly has got any impact on the Indian and worldwide

society.

Nuclear power

The country in which the struggle for independence took place in a sphere of non-violence as taught

by mahatma Gandhi even degenerated into a nuclear power. India and its previous region Pakistan

produced weapons of mass destruction. As to the latter country, we saw on television with how much

vulgar, fanatic enthusiasm the “first Islamic atomic bomb” was welcomed…

Nevertheless

Nevertheless, of course, what Gandhi stood for, i.e. satyagraha (force of truth) rooted in ahimsa

(unconditional non-violence, compassion, love) ought to be considered to belong to the highest values

a human being can be dedicated to. However, we should not forget which severe standards non-

violent combatants were supposed to stick to : fearlessness or unshakable courage when faced with

death, with injuries, with imprisonment, with loss of beloved ones; complete “chastity” = sexual

abstinence; no tobacco, alcohol or drugs; a sober way of life; sober though healthy (lacto-vegetarian)

eating.

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Can everybody stick to this?

Not everybody, for sure, can stick to such standards. This being so, we believe that in the first place

persons should be taken as they are. They ought not to reach perfect wisdom before being allowed to

do something good on the basis of universal principles or values.

Conscientious objectors

On that ground we also admit that conscientious objectors should not first attain spiritual or moral

perfection before taking the decision to refuse conscription. Nevertheless, they ought to be inspired by

the deep conviction that human beings must not be compelled to slaughter fellow-men or to cause

them all possible physical or psychic damage. Having this conviction they can remind that their way

of thinking is shared by colleagues in many countries of the world : for example was this the case in

Nazi-Germany, although in that country they were subject to the most brutal repression.

What about world citizens?

World citizens can as well belong to the armed forces as proceed to conscientious objection. As to us,

we opted for the latter. Does this imply that we, like for example the Union Pacifiste de France (a

section of the War Resisters’ International), just stand for unconditional disarmament of our countries?

If governments would proceed to such disarmament, this would mean that they are moved by an

ethical conviction comparable to the one inspiring conscientious objectors : this you cannot expect

from them. Moreover, in the light of the unpredictable character of developments on the international

military-political chessboard, e.g. unconditional nuclear disarmament would not necessarily bring

about less uncertainty in the balance of power. Hence, the risk of a worldwide war could possibly even

be enhanced. And when such war breaks out, the existing knowledge, in the shortest time, can lead to

a renewed production of nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction.

World Federalism

This again brings us to a world federalist approach. The notion of “world ethos” (wereldethos) is often

heard those last decades. There is a growing understanding that the big survival problems of our era

are put on a mundial level. Nevertheless, actual world federalism makes a pale, old fashioned

impression. If you talk about it, you tend to make yourself ridiculous. Yes, maybe we are utopians,

but in our time mankind will not survive unless it realises certain utopias. For sure, progressive

disarmament and replacement of the armed forces by a mundial police will never become possible

without the creation of appropriate political institutions which to some extend would take the form of a

world federation.

But what to do?

But how could this as utopian as necessary objective be realised? Everybody can become conscious of

the fact that his everyday life is linked to world problems. Each woman or man can understand that

we are all world citizens having mundial interests. This being so, we all should demand the creation of

a second, directly elected UNO-chamber. This, in the course of time, could proclaim itself a world

constituent assembly.

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Whatever may be, federalism as a war banning factor proved that it worked. On the contrary, the old

idea that in order to preserve peace, you have to prepare war, never has sustained the touch of reality

in the end. (JV)

Pages 3 & 4

November 20, 2014 : Covert Harassment Conference

In Brussels, on the 20th of November 2014 a Covert Harassment Conference was organised, initiated

by the European Coalition Against Covert Harassment (EUCACH) and Stop Electronic Weapons /

Stop Gang Stalking (STOPEG).

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This remarkable event gathered more than a hundred persons from various countries. The horrendous

question of crimes against humanity perpetrated secretly by means of radiation weapons and by all

sorts of criminal stalking (like burglaries, damaging homes and cars, stealing files, financial

manipulations in order to ruin the victims, false rumours) was explained by serious researchers like

among others Peter Mooring, Mojmir Babacek and Dr. Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde.

It is no use, however to write here about this in English, as all information in that language is available

on websites like :

http://www.stopeg.nl.

http://www.freedomfchs.com

http://www.eucach.org

http://www.slavery.org.uk

http://www.psychophysical-torture.de.tl

http://www.e-waffen.de

http://www.icaact.org

Information can also be asked for to e.g; :

Melanie Vritschan

(Managing Director of the European Coalition Against Covert Harassment = EUCACH)

Tel. + 32 (0) 475 92 85 77

E-mail : mvritschan@skynet.be

(Together with Peter Mooring and Magnus Olson, she played an initiating role in organising the

conference.)

Peter Mooring

(Managing Director of Stop Electronic Weapons / Stop Gang Stalking)

Past. Van Roesselstraat 29

NL - 4631 ET Hoogerheide

GSM : + 31 6 4124 3030

Tel.: +31 164 610 2128

E-mail : peterpm@xs4all.nl

Magnus Olsson

(Managing Director of EUCACH)

Tel. : +46 709 26 3004

E-mail : bionicgate@lie.se

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“Citoyens du Monde” (“World Citizens”)

Francophone colleagues in Brussels created an association they called « Citoyens du Monde », which

is also functioning as a centre of registry.

Hopefully, a permanent secretariat will be installed soon in 1000 Brussels, 36, rue du Chevreuil.

Meanwhile one can address :

- Luc Delcroix, 84, boulevard Emile Max, 1030 Brussels

- Florian Ruymen : edirtapa@gmail.com

- Pierre Delmotte : enercomscs@yahoo.fr

- Anthony Smets : anthony@asmets.be

- René-Paul Malevé : renepaulmaleve@hotmail.com

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In 1966

In 1966 thirteen personalities of world renown launched an appeal inviting their fellow men to register

as world citizens. Out of the text we quote :

“In the absence of supranational law, nations are obliged to resort to force to defend their interest. The

consequence : war, voluntary or accidental; and war, since the splitting of the atom and the

development of bacteriological weapons becomes the absurd ‘final solution’, the genocide of the

human race.

Without world institutions able to assure the fundamental needs common to all, man is helpless. Two

thirds of humanity suffer from hunger while immense riches are wasted.

(…)

Only the people of the world, everyone of us, can save the situation.

The first simple but effective step we ask you to take is to REGISTER AS A WORLD CITIZEN, as

we have done.

(…)”

The text was signed by :

- Lord Boyd Orr (Great Britain), first director of the FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization (1945-

1948), Nobel Prize for Peace 1949.

- Josué de Castro (Brazil), ex-president of the Council of FAO.

- Danilo Dolci (Italië), pioneer in non-violent resistance.

- Shinzo Hamai (Japan), Mayor of Hiroshima.

- Prof. J.L. Hromadka (Czecho-Slovakia), president of the „Christian Peace Conference”.

- Prof. Alfred Kastler (France), Nobel Prize for Physics 1966.

- Mrs. Rajan Nehru (India).

- Prof. Linus Pauling (United States), Nobel Prize forhemistry 1954 + Nobel Prize for Peace 1962.

(Note of us : few people will remember that the inventor of e.g. ascorbic acid -vitamin C- had himself

registered by us as a world citizen).

- Abbé Pierre (France), Founder of the “Communautés d’Emmaüs”

- Prof. Jean Rostand (France), biologist, writer, member of the Institut de France.

- Lord Bertrand Russel (Great Britain), philosopher, mathematician, Nobel Prize Literature 1949.

- Prof. Ivan Supek (Yugoslavia), professor of philosophy and science, member of the Academy of

Science and Arts, President of the Yugoslaw Pugwash Movement.

- Prof. Hans Thirring (Austria), professor of physics at the University of Vienna, member of the

Austrian Academy of Science.

Nowadays, like at the time, too few persons have themselves registered. In order to improve that

situation, we ask our readers to invite people around them to declare themselves world citizens who

are aware of the essential importance of the mundial dimension.

Ask for flyers to :

REGISTRY OF WORLD CITIZENS

66, boulevard Vincent Auriol

F-75013 PARIS

registre@citoyendumonde.fr or monde@recim.org

Consultative Assembly linked to the Peoples’ Congress

The Peoples’ Congress, the first delegates of which were elected in 1969, about 2000 had the feeling

that it could no longer tackle things alone. Therefore it decided to be assisted by a Consultative

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Assembly. This is composed as well of persons as of associations. Of the latter 141 have joined the

Assembly hitherto.

More information can be found on our website www.recim.info . We can also send some

documentation by post.

Thirty-fifth session of the Institute of Mundialist Studies

The Institute of Mundialist Studies = Institut d’Etudes Mondialistes, created in 1977 by the

Peoples’Congress, will hold its 35th session from the 26th to the 29th August 2015, in Eben-Emael

(Belgium), au Moulin du Bouckey.

Further information :

A.I.G.S./I.E.M.

http://www.universite-ete-aigs.de/

84, rue Saint-Lambert

4040 HERSTAL

E-mails :

Service.personnel@aigs.be

iefc@aigfs.be

service.documentation@aigs.be

Mundial Solidarity Against Hunger (M.S.H.)

Mundial Solidarity Against Hunger (M.S.H.) = Solidarité Mondiale contre la Faim (S.M.F.) was

founded in 1982 by the Peoples’ Congress. It is a transnational organisation working in accordance

with the principle of mutualism. It temporarily procures financial aid to agricultural and artisanal

cooperatives, in order to help them becoming independent. Since it was created, S.M.F. supported

ninety projects in several countries of the world, especially in Africa to the South of the Sahara.

More information can be found on :

www.recimorg/globe/solidaire.htm

or can be asked for (in French, English or Esperanto) to :

Monda Solidareco

Les Nids

F-4119090 SAINT-AUBERT DE LUIGNE , E-mail : info@globidar.org

Mundialist Press Agency The Mundialist Press Agency = Agence mondiale de Presse was created in 1980 by the Peoples’

Congress. During many years it issued a communiqué every month about developments in the world

and it counted among its members periodic journalists from everywhere on the earth who feel

sympathetic about mundialism.

Towards the end of the nineties, due particularly to the passing of persons responsible for it, it has

become silent. Now it is coming to new live. Search on www.recim.org or contact our official

international secretariat : Registre des Citoyens du Monde, 66, boulevard Vincent Auriol, F-75013

Paris.

« Idole Patrie » = + « Idol Native Country »

« Idole Patrie » is a book written by world citizen Julien Teppe, edited in 1967 by Les Editions du

Centre. Maybe the author’s position can be called excessively anti-nationalistic. Like Jean Rostand

(world citizen and biologist of international renown) he also believes that biology could explain and

condition the whole human being, which we consider to be quite a dangerous error. However, we

discern in him a man viscerally opposed to war and convinced that mankind needs world institutions to

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ban it in its worst forms. The book, written in a splendid language, has great merits which we cannot

talk about it in a few sentences.

Nobel Prize for Peace for… a champion of the arms race?

On Voltaire International we read an article of Manlio Dinucci. He reminds that on October of 2009

President Barack Obama received the Nobel Prize for Peace. He was supposed to deserve it because

of his struggle for a world free from nuclear weapons. The New York Times, however, reported that

the Obama Administration is being investing tens of billions of dollars in modernizing and

reconstructing the arsenal of and storage places for American nuclear weapons…

The horror among us

As an example of electronic harassment/ terrorism as well as of organised stalking we can mention the

situation in which Ms. MV., a lady living in Brussels, finds herself in since 2008.

In that year she had to be operated in a hospital in Brussels. On that occasion unknown criminals

brought several implants into her organism which she defines as nanotechologies.

Particularly tormenting her is a ring of implants in her neck which constantly gives her a feeling of

being strangled. The other implants as well torture her every day and night : she feels bombarded by

live ruining radiations.

Moreover, her apartment and her car are very regularly broken into. However, the criminals do not

behave like normal thieves. As a rule, they only steel information about crimes against humanity

perpetrated by radiation weapons. They also damage all sorts of objects and apparatuses, in order to

terrorize and impoverish their victim.

These wrongdoers clearly show that that they break in when they want to. Their believe that penal law

does not apply to them sees itself in a way corroborated by the fact that the police and the office of the

Public Prosecutor don’t really take action.

Please ask us for M’s coordinates and contact her, examining what you can do in order to bring some

release in this intolerable situation.

Finances

Since about the year 2000 very few persons had themselves registered as world citizens at the

secretariat in Hove. Meanwhile, the majority of the others have passed away or have moved without

communicating their new address.

This decrease of the public explains that our financial situation has become extremely precarious and

that after sending this newsletter we will keep quite a negative amount only. Therefore we should feel

utterly grateful to our readers who would transfer a contribution to the account of the REGISTER

VAN WERELDURGERS in Hove, number :

BE40 0001 1499 0163

BIC BPOTBEB

Our eternal gratefulness accompanies our donors.

Jean Verstraeten

(who is personally responsible for the contents of this newsletter.)

We wont’ t have peace unless we create a world government. Nothing else will work, for the simple

reason that as long as there is no world legality and a world police force, war will be the only possible

solution in the case of a serious conflict.

(Thomas Mann, translated by us)